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The hieroglyph multiplex capital on the architrave, toraṇa of Sanchi stupa has hieroglyph components: group of elephants; spoked wheel, an artisan carrying a stick. Together they are read rebus-metonymy-layered Meluhha cipher as: कारुजः-शिल्पिगणः kāruja śilpi gaṇá. The message in plain text is: artisan guild manufacturing metalcrafts.
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As the Sanchi toraṇa declares in the centre-piece: these belong to the smithy, kole.l, 'temple' of dhoraṇi-vaThAra-dhamma (elephant-gait-spoked-wheel), architrave dharma quarter of the town of Besanagara.
Read together, the elephant-spoked-wheel hieroglyph multiplex PLUS hieroglyph signifying an architect carrying a stick:
Hieroglyph: gaṇa 'stick; rebus: gaṇa 'guild' शिल्पिगणः śilpi gaṇá 'artificer guild'.
What does the guild do? The guild of artificers manufacture metalcrafts: kāruja 'young elephant'; kāru 'artificer', 'An epithet of विश्वकर्मन् the architect of the gods. -2 An art, a science.'
Hence, कारुजः-शिल्पिगणः kāruja śilpi gaṇá hieroglyph multiplex adorns the quarter of the town of Besanagara designated by dhoraṇi-vaThAra 'architrave signifying quarter of the town'. vaTTa 'circle' PLUS Ara 'spoke' rebus: vaThAra 'quarter of the town'
kāru कारु -जः a young elephant.
kāru कारु-शिल्पिगणः a. corporation of artisans and handicraftsmen; (Kau. A.2.6. kauśika-sūtra) gaṇá m. ʻ troop, flock ʼ RV. [Poss. (despite doubts in EWA i 316) < *gr̥ṇa -- ʻ telling ʼ (cf. *gr̥nti -- and esp. gaṇáyati ʻ tells one's number (of troop of flock) ʼ Kāś.]Pa. Pk. gaṇa -- m. ʻ troop, flock ʼ; Tor. (Biddulph) gan m. ʻ herd ʼ; K. gan m. ʻ beehive ʼ = mã̄cha -- gan m.; WPah. bhal. gaṇ m. pl. ʻ bees ʼ; Si. gaṇaya ʻ company ʼ EGS 52 but prob. ← Pa.(CDIAL 3988)
kāru कारु -जः a piece of mechanism, any product of manufacture.
kāru कारु a. (-रू f.) [कृ-उण् Uṇ.1.1] 1 A maker, doer, an agent, servant; राघवस्य ततः कार्यं कारुर्वानरपुङ्गवः Bk.7.28. -2 An artisan, mechanic, artist; कारुभिः कारितं तेन कृत्रिमं स्वप्नहेतवे Vb.1.13; इति स्म सा कारुतरेण लेखितं नलस्य च स्वस्य च सख्यमीक्षते N.1.38; Y.2.249,1.187; Ms.5.129;1.12. (They are :-- तक्षा च तन्त्रवायश्च नापितो रजकस्तथा । पञ्चमश्चर्मकारश्च कारवः शिल्पिनो मताः ॥) कारु kāru (रू rū) कः kḥ का kā An artisan; कारुकान् शिल्पिनश्चैव Ms.7.138. कारुकान्तं च शोणितम् Mb.13.135.14. ...... कारूकाश्च कुशीलवाः Śiva. B.31.18.-रुः 1 An epithet of विश्वकर्मन् the architect of the gods. -2 An art, a science.
Hieroglyhph 1: करिन् करिणी m. " having a trunk " , an elephant MBh. BhP. Pan5cat. &c कर m. an elephant's trunk MBh. Pan5cat. &c
Hieroglyph 2: कर m. the claws of a crab Hit.
Rebus: कर [p=253,1] mf(ई , rarely आ)n. (for 2. » [p= 254,3]) ( √1. कृ) , a doer , maker , causer , doing , making , causing , producing (esp. ifc. ; cf. दुःखकर , भयं-क्° , सम्पत्-क्° , &c ; cf. Lat. चेरुस् , " creator ") AV. xii , 2 , 2 Mn. Pan5cat. &c m. the act of doing , making &c (ifc. ; cf. ईषत्कर , सु-क्° , दुष्-क्° , &c )
Hieroglyph: mollusc, shell: Ta. ippi pearl-oyster, shell; cippi shell, shellfish, coconut shell for measuring out curds. Ma. ippi, cippi oyster shell. Ka. cippu, sippu, cimpi, cimpe, simpi, simpu, simpe oyster shell, mussel, cockle, a portion of the shell of a coconut, skull, a pearl oyster; (Gowda) cippi coconut shell. Tu. cippi coconut shell, oyster shell, pearl; tippi, sippi coconut shell. Te. cippa a shell; (kobbari co) coconut shell; (mōkāli co) knee-pan, patella; (tala co) skull; (muttepu co) mother-of-pearl. Go. (Ma.) ipi shell, conch (Voc. 174). *sippī-; Pali sippī- pearl oyster, Pkt. sippī- id., etc.(DEDR 2535)*sippī ʻ shell ʼ. [← Drav. Tam. cippi DED 2089]Pa. sippī -- , sippikā -- f. ʻ pearl oyster ʼ, Pk. sippī -- f., S. sipa f.; L. sipp ʻ shell ʼ, sippī f. ʻ shell, spathe of date palm ʼ, (Ju.) sip m., sippī f. ʻ bivalve shell ʼ; P. sippm., sippī f. ʻ shell, conch ʼ; Ku. sīp, sīpi ʻ shell ʼ; N. sipi ʻ shell, snail shell ʼ; B. sip ʻ libation pot ʼ, chip ʻ a kind of swift canoe ʼ S. K. Chatterji CR 1936, 290 (or <kṣiprá -- ? ); Or. sipa ʻ oyster shell, mother -- of -- pearl, shells burnt for lime ʼ; Bi. sīpī ʻ mussel shells for lime ʼ; OAw. sīpa f. ʻ bivalve shell ʼ, H. sīp f.; G. sīp f. ʻ half an oyster shell ʼ, chīp f. ʻ shell ʼ; M. śīp, śĩp f. ʻ a half shell ʼ, śĩpā m. ʻ oyster shell ʼ; -- Si. sippiya ʻ oyster shell ʼ ← Tam.(CDIAL 13417)
śílpa n. ʻ artistic work ʼ Br. ʻ manual craft ʼ Mn. [śilpá -- ʻ bright, decorative ʼ VS. -- Derivation from *piśla -- (P. Tedesco Language 23, 383) is improbable]
Pa. sippa -- , °aka -- n. ʻ art, craft ʼ, NiDoc. śilpa, Pk. sippa -- n.; Ku. sīp ʻ skill, ability ʼ, N. sip (Ku. N. sipālu ʻ clever, dexterous ʼ), OAw. sīpa; Si. sip -- a ʻ art, handiwork ʼ.(CDIAL 12470) śilpin ʻ skilled in art ʼ, m. ʻ artificer ʼ Gaut., śilpika<-> ʻ skilled ʼ MBh. [śílpa -- ]
Pa. sippika -- m. ʻ craftsman ʼ, NiDoc. śilpiǵa, Pk. sippi -- , °ia -- m.; A. xipini ʻ woman clever at spinning and weaving ʼ; OAw. sīpī m. ʻ artizan ʼ; M. śĩpī m. ʻ a caste of tailors ʼ; Si. sipi -- yā ʻ craftsman ʼ.(CDIAL 12471)
Hieroglyph: stick: Ka. gaṇa, kaṇe, kaṇa, stick, arrow; kaṇakāl, gaṇakāl shinbone. Tu. kaṇe a slender bamboo branch, quill of a porcupine; kaṇelů small branch of a tree, thick end of grass or straw; gaṇè pole, staff, arrow. Go.(L) kaṇī arrow. Konḍa (BB 1972) kaṇsi spade. / Cf. Skt., Pali kaṇaya- a kind of spear or lance. Ta. kaṇai arrow, wooden handle (of a hoe, a pickaxe, or other tool), curved pole of a palanquin, shin; kaṇai-kkāl shin, main stem of a flower; kaṇai-kkaiforearm; kaṇaiyam club, post; kaṇicci battle-axe, pickaxe, goad. Ma. kaṇa small stick, shaft, hilt, handle, arrow, small bamboo branch, bamboo; kaṇayam spear, club; kaṇicci battle-axe, hatchet; kaṇaṅkāl, kaṇakkāl shinbone, calf of leg; kaṇaṅkai forearm. Ko. kaṇkeyt, kaṇki·t sickle (i.e. handle + katy knife). To. kaṇ koty dagger-shaped knife burned with corpse (cf. 1204); kaṇ ob knife used in child's hair-cutting ceremony (cf. 178).(DEDR 1166)
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Sarasvati Research Center
June 30, 2015
The hieroglyph multiplex capital on the architrave, toraṇa of Sanchi stupa has hieroglyph components: group of elephants; spoked wheel, an artisan carrying a stick. Together they are read rebus-metonymy-layered Meluhha cipher as: कारुजः-शिल्पिगणः kāruja śilpi gaṇá. The message in plain text is: artisan guild manufacturing metalcrafts.
Hieroglyph 1: तोरण [p= 456,1] n. (g. अर्धर्चदि) an arch , arched doorway , portal , festooned decorations over doorways (with boughs of trees , garlands , &c ) MBh.&c (ifc. f(आ).; a mound near a bathing-place W.) m. शिव , xiii , 1232; नाग धोरणि 'elephant trot' नाग (sg. also collect.) an elephant (f(ई). , ifc. f(आ).) Ka1v. BhP. etc.
As the Sanchi toraṇa declares in the centre-piece: these belong to the smithy, kole.l, 'temple' of dhoraṇi-vaThAra-dhamma (elephant-gait-spoked-wheel), architrave dharma quarter of the town of Besanagara.
The metaphor of the spoked wheel as dhammachakka is attested in ancient literature. There is also a mleccha (Meluhha) reading for this hieroglyph of spoked-wheel as vaThAra.
Hieroglyph: gaṇa 'stick; rebus: gaṇa 'guild' शिल्पिगणः śilpi gaṇá 'artificer guild'.
What does the guild do? The guild of artificers manufacture metalcrafts: kāruja 'young elephant'; kāru 'artificer', 'An epithet of विश्वकर्मन् the architect of the gods. -2 An art, a science.'
Hence, कारुजः-शिल्पिगणः kāruja śilpi gaṇá hieroglyph multiplex adorns the quarter of the town of Besanagara designated by dhoraṇi-vaThAra 'architrave signifying quarter of the town'. vaTTa 'circle' PLUS Ara 'spoke' rebus: vaThAra 'quarter of the town'
kāru कारु -जः a young elephant.
kāru कारु-शिल्पिगणः a. corporation of artisans and handicraftsmen; (Kau. A.2.6. kauśika-sūtra) gaṇá m. ʻ troop, flock ʼ RV. [Poss. (despite doubts in EWA i 316) < *gr̥ṇa -- ʻ telling ʼ (cf. *
kāru कारु -जः a piece of mechanism, any product of manufacture.
kāru कारु a. (-रू f.) [कृ-उण् Uṇ.1.1] 1 A maker, doer, an agent, servant; राघवस्य ततः कार्यं कारुर्वानरपुङ्गवः Bk.7.28. -2 An artisan, mechanic, artist; कारुभिः कारितं तेन कृत्रिमं स्वप्नहेतवे Vb.1.13; इति स्म सा कारुतरेण लेखितं नलस्य च स्वस्य च सख्यमीक्षते N.1.38; Y.2.249,1.187; Ms.5.129;1.12. (They are :-- तक्षा च तन्त्रवायश्च नापितो रजकस्तथा । पञ्चमश्चर्मकारश्च कारवः शिल्पिनो मताः ॥) कारु kāru (रू rū) कः kḥ का kā An artisan; कारुकान् शिल्पिनश्चैव Ms.7.138. कारुकान्तं च शोणितम् Mb.13.135.14. ...... कारूकाश्च कुशीलवाः Śiva. B.31.18.-रुः 1 An epithet of विश्वकर्मन् the architect of the gods. -2 An art, a science.
Hieroglyhph 1: करिन् करिणी m. " having a trunk " , an elephant MBh. BhP. Pan5cat. &c कर m. an elephant's trunk MBh. Pan5cat. &c
Hieroglyph 2: कर m. the claws of a crab Hit.
Rebus: कर [p=253,1] mf(ई , rarely आ)n. (for 2. » [p= 254,3]) ( √1. कृ) , a doer , maker , causer , doing , making , causing , producing (esp. ifc. ; cf. दुःखकर , भयं-क्° , सम्पत्-क्° , &c ; cf. Lat. चेरुस् , " creator ") AV. xii , 2 , 2 Mn. Pan5cat. &c m. the act of doing , making &c (ifc. ; cf. ईषत्कर , सु-क्° , दुष्-क्° , &c )
Hieroglyph: mollusc, shell: Ta. ippi pearl-oyster, shell; cippi shell, shellfish, coconut shell for measuring out curds. Ma. ippi, cippi oyster shell. Ka. cippu, sippu, cimpi, cimpe, simpi, simpu, simpe oyster shell, mussel, cockle, a portion of the shell of a coconut, skull, a pearl oyster; (Gowda) cippi coconut shell. Tu. cippi coconut shell, oyster shell, pearl; tippi, sippi coconut shell. Te. cippa a shell; (kobbari co) coconut shell; (mōkāli co) knee-pan, patella; (tala co) skull; (muttepu co) mother-of-pearl. Go. (Ma.) ipi shell, conch (Voc. 174). *sippī-; Pali sippī- pearl oyster, Pkt. sippī- id., etc.(DEDR 2535)*sippī ʻ shell ʼ. [← Drav. Tam. cippi DED 2089]Pa. sippī -- , sippikā -- f. ʻ pearl oyster ʼ, Pk. sippī -- f., S. sipa f.; L. sipp ʻ shell ʼ, sippī f. ʻ shell, spathe of date palm ʼ, (Ju.) sip m., sippī f. ʻ bivalve shell ʼ; P. sippm., sippī f. ʻ shell, conch ʼ; Ku. sīp, sīpi ʻ shell ʼ; N. sipi ʻ shell, snail shell ʼ; B. sip ʻ libation pot ʼ, chip ʻ a kind of swift canoe ʼ S. K. Chatterji CR 1936, 290 (or <
Pa. sippa -- , °aka -- n. ʻ art, craft ʼ, NiDoc. śilpa, Pk. sippa -- n.; Ku. sīp ʻ skill, ability ʼ, N. sip (Ku. N. sipālu ʻ clever, dexterous ʼ), OAw. sīpa; Si. sip -- a ʻ art, handiwork ʼ.(CDIAL 12470) śilpin ʻ skilled in art ʼ, m. ʻ artificer ʼ Gaut., śilpika<-> ʻ skilled ʼ MBh. [
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